How Do You Let Go?

A big part of spiritual growth — really any kind of growth — is learning to let go. The saints and masters call it “surrender”, and it’s a key lesson here in Earth School. Letting go is something I’ve worked hard to learn over the years, and as a result, today I can help my spiritual counseling clients with this deep inner work, coming from a genuine place. Letting go isn’t something we really need to think about… it’s more like something we just have to go ahead and do. I recently sat down and made a list of some of the ways to let go. Here’s what I got.

HOW TO LET GO

By letting go

Surrender

Turn it over to your Higher Power

Give it up to God

Put it in the Light

Breathe and let it go

Hit a pillow and let it go

Run as fast as you can

Dance dance dance

Work it out

Sweat it out

Sleep on it

Jump and shout

Say the Serenity Prayer

Go into your heart and let go

Come off it

Drop it

Say the short version of the Serenity Prayer

Pray about it and let it go

Choose Love

Choose Gratitude

Choose Acceptance

Take a break and let it go

Snap out of it

Light up (Buttercup)

Leggo your ego

Drop it

Let it pass through you

Step off

Make peace with it

Take a cold shower

Take a hot shower

Stand in the rain

Get out of your head

Cry your eyes out

Count to ten

Stop trippin’

Loose the ‘tude

Whenever we are experiencing anger, fear, sadness, judgment, frustration, resentment or any other form of negativity, we’re coming from someplace other than our true self/higher self/spiritual heart/. There are a million ways to justify being in negativity, and that’s exactly what our ego and intellect will do — convince us that we’re right to be there and keep us hanging on. But if we’re getting triggered, that’s not really us, it’s our stuff. The best thing we can do in that situation, is… let go.

Kind Words

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Core Issues

“I’ve known Max Highstein for several years now, and he has helped me immeasurably in my own emergence as a spiritual teacher, and as a person. He’s someone I feel I can call to address issues that are difficult for me to get to.
As a spiritual teacher, healer and facilitator myself, I know how important it is to keep myself expanding and keep myself releasing all that is old and no longer supporting me.
Max has a unique capacity for hooking me up with my guides, my angels, my support on high, and helping me…

Testimony From A Spiritual Teacher

“I’ve been working with Max for about 6 months now, and I came to Santa Fe from Canada around that time period.
Max was someone who was able to help me with both mundane problems and greater spiritual questions that I have. For example, after I moved into my place, there was an armed robbery about a block away from me, and Max was able to help me deal with the fear and the anger and confusion about that; and reframe it in a way that was less emotional and help me move on from that…

Mundane Problems to Big Spiritual Questions

“Where I’m at in my life right now , I couldn’t have accomplished these things by myself. I needed help, and looked for somebody to help me — I didn’t know who… and you came there. You coming into my life changed my life. I can’t thank you enough for what you taught me.
“You taught me to forget about what’s going on in my head, and get into my heart. Just sit there and just feel. To get rid of negativity and the tapes that play in your mind, telling…

No Longer Trapped by Negative Thoughts

I feel extremely fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with Max, from a professional level and obviously from a personal level.
Max has a unique and powerful way of helping me and teaching me how to get to the core of any issue. And what I mean by that is that he has taught me how to connect deeply with myself, with my heart.
So that the work we do is actually from the inside, going out. And what that allows for an incredibly empowering position for me, because then regardless of whatever circumstances come…

Heart Centered Empowerment

“I so appreciated our session. The messages gave me such a sense of “yes”, which after stumbling in the dark for so long is pretty significant and affirming. Now I have movement and direction.”

Movement & Direction

“I’ve been a client of Max Highstein’s for about 3 years. For about 4 decades before I met Max I did a lot of reading, seminars, and spiritual practices, all in an attempt to get back to being who I think I really am. But until I met Max, I didn’t really think I was getting anywhere.
Max has an incredible intuitive nature, and remarkable spiritual knowledge. Having a session with Max was like being with my best friend — someone who I know loved me, didn’t judge me, and always told me the truth.
Since…

Becoming My Authentic Self

“Thank you so very much for the session. A deep healing has taken place and things are beginning to flow again. ‘Toxic junk’ is disappearing and balance is being restored.”

Balance Restored

“I can’t tell you how grateful I am. You tuned right into the issues I’m confronting. Some of what you delivered was practical… Some of it was deeply energetic. I feel lighter than air!”

Lighter than air

“I want to thank you for being an extraordinary teacher and healer in what has been the most unusual journey of my life. Honestly, I am quite certain I would not have made the strides toward true inner peace that I have, without your wise and compassionate help.”

True Inner Peace

“Today I had a session with max and it was incredible. It was so supportive and loving, and I feel much more like myself after the session. I feel grounded, I feel really expanded.
What Max told me in the session was very right on, very accurate for what I needed to hear at this time in my life, and during this transition that I’m going through in starting my own business. Max really got clearly and accurately what I needed to hear, and told me the things that are going to be essential for…